The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-15
BUTCHERY AT A1ITCHELLSI'OWN
Brutality of the Cowardly Police and
Constabulary--Help Prisoners
Terribly Beaten - William
O'Brien In jail.

| LONDON, Sept. l2.-C2ptaln Plunket,
in obedience to orders from Chief Sec
retary Balfour, visiteds Mitchellstown.
and assisted by detectives and by magis-
trates Eaton and Seagrave, had an in
formal inquiry, inspected the barracks
and visited the wounded. Less than
| twenty police were actually injured,
and only one seriously. Mr.. Brunner
says he saw a dozen constables attack
! one man with their batons. The man
fellrd three Of them with a blackthorn
stick. He also saw policeman pierce
l horseman with his bayonet, while
, another constable thrust his bayonet
into the rider. Independent eye wit
nesses relate that when the first blow
was struck it was impossible to control
the Tipperary men, who attacked the
police like furies. The air was thick
with sticks, but before the police
reached the barracks their anger had
cooled. The people made no attempt
to reach the barracks. Six panes Of
glass in the barracks were broken from
the inside. The walls bear evidence of
Il fusilade OF stones. The lower half Of
the door was broken, and there were
many bullet marks on the walls opposite.
Mr.. Labouchere, in a long letter de-
scribing the affair at MitchellStown, says,
when he entered the btrracks he found
that the police had dragged two men
inside and were beating them with
bludgeons as they lay face downwards.
Mr.. Dillon had the greatest difficulty
in preventing the chief constable from
rushing out OF the barracks with his
OF
were in state of the greatest excite
ment. There were but few people
ar6Nfn,the barracks. The police were
perfectly Salt is remarkable that
the carman killetAd the previous day
refused his vehicle to the p6eefs.>-Mr.
Labcuchere says that never in his life dc
he come across so offensive a specimen
official with brute force at his back as
Head Constable Brownrigg. Two men
more unfit for the delicate duties coulC
not be found on the globe than Sea.
grave, the weak creature who loses his
head, and Brownrigg, the bully in
} whose eyes all venturing to look askance
at him ought to be shot. They are re-
sponsible for the deaths that occurred.
The man Shinnick and the boy Casey
are dying from the effects of the wounds
they received on Friday. Casey's ante
mortem deposition has been taken. He
states that he was standing near Shinnick
at one corner Of the square, when Con-
stable O'Sullivan came to the window OF
the barracks and fired at him. Four wit
nesses confirm this statement. The Ma
tionalists say they have evidence to es-
tabliSh the identity of the policeman who
shot Riordan.
o'BRIEN SENT TO JAIL.
DUBLIN, September 12.-Mr. William
O'Brien, who was arrested at Kingstown
yesterday, was conveyed to Mirchells-
town this morning in custody of officers.
He was accompanied by Mr.. Timothy
Harrington and counsel, Mr.. O;Brien
emphatically denies that he boarded the
steamer at kingstown to avoid arrest,
his object being simply to see Mr.. La
bouchere, who was about to leave for
London.
Mr.. O'Rrien was enthusiastically re-
ceived by a large crowd on his arrival at
Limerick. In an address Mr.. O'Brien
said he never went on a journey that
promised more for the cause Of Ireland
than the one he was now making. The
government might close his lips, but
there was spirit left in Ireland to day
that all the bayonets at their command
could not silence.
The mayor, mem bers of the munich
pality and prominent citizens met Mr..
O'Brien at the corn depot. Two hun
dred policemen and strong force OF
military escorted O'Brien to the court
house, where formal charge was made
against him, and he was removed to Jail.
The streets were crowded with people.
! The mayor complained to Magistrate
Gardiner of the presence of the military
and the police, which he said were not
needed, and were calculated to irritate
the populace. The streets through which
O'Brien was taken to Jail were lined
with troops. Stones were thrown at the
police escorting O'Brien and several of
charged the crowd, using their baton
freely and injuring many of the specta-
tors.
O'BRIEN's NARROW CELL.
DUBLIN, September 13-The Free
mans Journal says that the cell in which
VIM. O'Brien is confined at Cork is but
nine feet broad. 1t is badly lighted,
and is little better than a black hole.
O'Brien is in excellent spirits.
CONSTABLES MURDERED RY MOON
LIGHTERS.
DUBLIN, September 12.-Moonlight-
ers last night murdered Constable Whel-
heam and mortally wounded another
officer near Ennis, County Clare. Whel-
heam was killed with bludgeon. The
assault occurred az Lis @oonaora. The
constable who was present when Whel-
heam was killed states that twelve po-
licemen had waited in concealment in
the house where they hsd learned from
anonymous sources that number of
moonlighters would gather. When the
moonlighters came they were admitted.
and the door was closed and locked after
them. Then a fierce fight took place in
small room. There was no firing. |
Five moonlighters were arrested, and |
two others escaped.
MR.. GLADSTONE DENOUNCEs THE
BUTCHERY.
LONDON, September 12.-Mr. Glad
stone arrived in London to-day from |